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June 13, 1939. A. R. MORRlLL SHOE MACHINE 19 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed May 25, 1935 Patented June 13, 1939 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE MACHINE Alfred R. Morrlll, Beverly, Mass., assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application May 25, 1935, Serial No. 23,462 21 Claims. (Cl. 112-46) The present invention relates to shoe machines, chines both of the automatic type above referred and is herein shown as embodied in a machine to, and of the type in which the shoe is presented for operating on shoes of the type in which the to the machine while held in the hands of the shoe is supported on a jack and in which the jack operator.

and the means for operating on the shoe are With these objects in view, the several features moved relatively to transfer the point of operaof the present invention consist in the devices, tion about the shoe, and to change the relative combinations and arrangement of parts hereinpositions of the shoe and the operating means after described and claimed, which together with to cause the shoe to be presented properly to the the advantages to be obtained thereby will be operating means as the point of operation is readily understood by one skilled in the art from 0 transferred about the shoe, all of the relative the following description taken in connection with movements of the shoe and the operating means the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a being produced and controlled by automatically view in front elevation of an automatic welt sewacting mechanisms. While the several features ing and lasting machine embodying in a preferred 1d of the present invention are particularly appliform the several features of the invention; Fig. 2

cable to automatic shoe machines of the type is an enlarged view in front elevation of a porabove referred to, certain features of the invention of the machine head illustrating particularly tion are also capable of use in other types of the several shoe sewing, guiding and lasting deautomatic machines, or in machines in which vices of the machine; Fig.3 is a view in "right the shoe is held in position by the operator. It side elevation of substantially the parts shown 20 is also to be understood that except as defined in Fig. 2, with the parts shown in stop position;

in the claims, the several features of the inven- Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, with a portion tion are not limited to any particular construcof the machine casing broke a y to Show tion or arrangement of parts. derlying parts; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4

The machine hereinafter specifically described With the parts shown in a difierent position taken as embodying the several features of the present as the needle is retracted to draw in the first invention, is an automatic machine for sewing stitch; Flg. 6 is a view of substantially the parts the welt and upper to the insole of a welted shoe, shown in Fig. 2 in left side elevation, with a and as to the general construction and mode of p r ionof h mach in k n aw y o 0 operation of its various parts is similar to the w underlying P and t the mach ne n automatic welt sewing machine disclosed in the stop position; Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, applicant's copending application Serial No. with the parts shown in a different position, taken 655,934, filed February 9, 1933, for Shoe masubsequent to the operation of the thread cutter chines upon which Patent No. 2,155,433 issued to sever the n e le hr in ppin the ma- April 25, 1939. chine; Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view of the ma- It is an object of'the present invention to prochine head taken substantially 0n the line 8--8 vide a novel and improved welt feeding device of 9 is a detail Se tional view in which is rendered operative upon stopping the front elevation taken substantially on the line machine to engage with and drag the severed 9-9 of Fig. 3, to illustrate particularly a portion end of the welt through the welt guide into posiof the mechanisms for guiding, feeding and cuttion forthe starting of an operation upon a new ting the welt; Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view shoe. taken on the line Illof Fig. 9, illustrating It is a further object of the present invention the parts in the position taken during the operato provide a novel and improved mechanism to tion of feeding the leading end of the severed engage with and positively advance the welt in welt into operating position in stopping the matimed relation to the feeding movements imchine; Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 10 taken parted to the shoe during the formation of the at the limit of the advancing movement of the initial stitches to insure the correct positioning welt feeding finger; Fig. 12 is a view similar to of the leading end of the welt with relation to Figs. 10 and 11 with added illustration of the the shoe sole and associated upper until the welt welt guide and welt feeding finger, the parts 50 is securely fastened in place by the operation of being shown in normal operating position; Figs. thcstitching devices. 13, 14 and 15 are detail plan views illustrating Other objects of the invention are to simplify particularly the welt guide, welt cutter and welt and improve the construction and mode of opfeeding devices, the parts being shown in three eration of various parts of welt shoe sewing masuccessive positions taken during the severing of 

